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Chapter 9: Audio Harmonies Enhanced

TC-Helicon Audio Harmonies enhanced with Pitch Styles (automatic “Vibrato” and “Scooping”)!

Now, when you generate audio harmonies to your recorded vocal tracks, you can select Pitch Styles, which adds

vibrato and scooping effects to the vocal harmonies. Choose from many vibrato/pitch presets, including “Ballad,”

“Broadway,” “Pop Diva” and more!

When you launch the TC-Helicon Audio Harmony dialog, you can see that there is a new drop down combo list at

the bottom of each voice. You can choose a type of “pitch effect” (combination of vibrato and scooping) called a

Pitch Style to be applied to each harmony voice. In the example screenshot, we have chosen “Natural Vibrato,”

“Ballad,” “Broadway,” and “Crooner” – different vibrato types for each harmony voice.

The Pitch Styles are especially useful for harmonies generated from MIDI tracks, because these lack any vibrato.

Now by applying these pitch effects, you can get a natural sounding vibrato for these harmonies.

Pitch Styles Preset Details (one per voice)

Each of the four voice banks has a Pitch Styles preset selection list. This control allows pitch scooping and vibrato

effects to be added to the harmony voices. These effects can be used to increase the naturalness of vocals processed

by melody pitch tracking, produce a more polished, professional sound in the harmonies, and even to create strange

special effects. (Have you ever harmonized with a flock of sheep?)

The following table provides a list of the presets, as well as descriptions to help you decide when to use them.